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Tech Xplore / Refrigerated ammonia research aims to safeguard society
As refrigerated ammonia gains attention as a cleaner fuel for heavy-duty applications, such as marine vessels, scientists are working to understand how it behaves in water and how to respond quickly to spills to protect people ...
Medical Xpress / Women with cerebral palsy miss vital gynecologic care, study finds
As more individuals with cerebral palsy live well into adulthood, medical professionals are taking a closer look at the unique long-term health care needs of this patient population. While adults with cerebral palsy require ...
Tech Xplore / EU helps cities tighten screws on Airbnb, holiday rentals
European cities will gain more leeway to curb short-term rentals such as Airbnb under new EU plans that aim to bring down housing costs in tourism hotspots.
Tech Xplore / Built-in quantum sensor detects bending stress in microscopic devices
Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) are tiny devices used in technologies such as microphones, accelerometers and biosensors. MEMS are highly useful but prone to physical stress that affects their performance, stability ...
Medical Xpress / Occupational therapy generated health care savings for primary care patients with diabetes
According to a new randomized study of primary care patients with diabetes, those who received Lifestyle Redesign occupational therapy generated more than $250,000 in health care cost savings compared with patients who received ...
Medical Xpress / Moving the needle on lung cancer screenings: Medical students work with researchers to improve outcomes
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States, claiming more than 125,000 lives each year. There is a quick, painless screening test that can detect lung cancer before symptoms appear, when treatment ...
Medical Xpress / Third of UK government's nutrition advisers still paid by food companies, including Coca-Cola and Nestlé
Nearly a third of the UK government's nutrition advisers still have "significant" ties to the food industry, including Coca-Cola, Sainsbury's and Danone, a new analysis by The BMJ reveals today.
Medical Xpress / Does debriefing about a difficult birth stop it turning into trauma?
For some women, the birth of their baby is one of the happiest days of their lives. Others remember it as a frightening, overwhelming or deeply distressing experience. About 1 in 3 women report their birth experience as traumatic.
Medical Xpress / Suspected measles cases kill nearly 1,000 as Bangladesh struggles to contain outbreak
Eight-month-old Rojatun Jannat Ramisa is struggling to breathe in a hospital in Bangladesh's capital as her parents sit helplessly beside her. She's one of thousands of children sickened by a measles outbreak that's sweeping ...
Tech Xplore / A 100-day 3D print recreates Blatten rock avalanche path for risk testing
What happens when water, ice and more thunder down into a valley? Researchers from ETH Zurich and the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF are investigating this using an accurate 3D model of the area around ...
Phys.org / A photon that challenges Einstein: According to current physics, it should never have reached Earth
How did a photon survive a journey of more than 2 billion light-years when, according to known physics, it should have been absorbed long before reaching Earth? This is the question at the heart of a new study by Giorgio ...
Phys.org / Levitated magnet opens new frontier in search for ultraheavy dark matter
Rice University researchers have used a magnetically levitated particle to search for ultraheavy dark matter, extending the hunt for some of the heaviest possible forms of the invisible matter thought to hold galaxies together. ...
